So who's the bigger crank, Dr. Sanity or Dr. Helen? Lacking the wisdom of Solomon, I can't adjudicate this particular death-is-not-an-option game...
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This is genius. With the DVD release of "Looney Tunes Golden Collection" it is at last possible for us to examine one of the most famous baseball games ever in.
An emailer asked if I stuck around after The Sopranos to watch Big Love this week. I did, and while I liked it maybe a little less than Ezra I.
Shorter "Dr. Sanity" (sic): "Whenever you discuss socialized medicine, make sure you only talk about Britain and Canada, with a dirt-poor non-democracy thrown in for a particularly silly comparison. Make sure to ignore the huge differences in funding and systematic comparisons with the American system...
So today, a couple things of minor interest to the middle-class New York consumer: Went to the doctor in Gramercy. Proved that I'm irrational, because while everything that mattered was.
Background: Lindsay's commentary on the National Coalition for Men's publicity stunt "Roe vs. Wade for men" lawsuit.Lindsay makes the following important comment:Dubay argues that Roe gave women the right to.
It may have been the right decision to favor Sherrod Brown over Paul Hackett, but Hackett certainly deserves a recurring spot on the Daily Show...
I don't have anything very insightful to say about Barry Bonds and steroids. I suppose that, for a long time, I was hoping that I could continue to believe that.
but am genuinely appalled by.Less well-known is that the AFL also worked with the CIA to overthrow the elected Arbenz government in Guatemala in 1954, helped set up drug smuggling.
Interesting enough article at Slate by Seth Stevenson about the WBC and small sample sizes:It's true that baseball feels somewhat unsuited to the win-or-go-home format. The very best MLB teams—those that win 100 games—still end up losing 38 percent of the time. Compare this to...
I have deeply ambivalent feelings about Television Without Pity. I think that too much of their criticism comes off as too-clever-by-half fanboy posturing (Worst. Episode. Ever). Nevertheless, I rather enjoy.
Sick of arguments to the effect that anyone claiming that Bush was less than fully candid in making the case for a disastrous war must be arguing in bad faith?.